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A Coventry City supporters group is encouraging fans not to buy season tickets next year.

Preservation Sky Blues says fellow supporters should boycott season tickets for the 2017/18 season in protest at the way the club is being managed by London hedge fund owners Sisu.

The group had also called for a boycott ahead of this season with the aim of starving Sisu of income - but the calls seemingly had little effect as thousands still purchased tickets.

Protests like this have been seen as divisive in the past, with some supporters adamant the best way to remove Sisu as owners is to stop funding the club while others are concerned that would only have a negative impact on the playing squad with the owners insisting CCFC must be self sustainable. Other fans believe supporting the team in numbers to make the business an attractive proposition to new owners would be the best approach.

A statement from Preservation Sky Blues read: “Since our attempt to start a season ticket boycott campaign in 2015 we have continued to be dragged through the gutter by our horrific heartless owners Sisu.”

Coventry City fans protesting before the start of the match with Northampton Town

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It added: “What more evidence do we as fans need from Sisu to realise they couldn’t give a damn about CCFC, its history or its fans, their own paying customers!

“While us fans continue to pay for this brand of football this nightmare will only continue to get worse. We are indeed our own worse enemies. Something has to give but in our case we have to stop giving!

“There is no communication whatsoever, no sign of any new ground despite promises of a land deal being very close for the last few years.

“Our team gets worse each season that passes by and as for investment, What investment? There is none. Will there ever be?

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It is the latest in a series of protests aimed at Coventry City owners Sisu.

More than 19,000 people have signed the Telegraph’s petition online and on paper calling on the hedge fund to put the club up for sale.

Ahead of the Ricoh Arena clash with Rochdale, more than 2,000 supporters marched in protest at the management of Coventry City since Sisu took over in 2007. Some supporters also chose to boycott the game.